I stumbled across this little nifty debugging feature in Eclipse this morning. Turns out that you can write a little code snippet as part of formatters for different classes.
This is very useful because you can get custom display an object in debug mode without touching the original code override the toString() method in the class.
Code Assist also works in the little code snippet editor, of course…
This incredible piano performance is from a 14 year old Jennifer Lin who demonstrated her composition talents by improvising a song on the spot after asking a guest to randomly chose 5 notes for her. Wow…
We’ve all seen it before– dirty cars with dust-covered windows. Sooner or later somebody would surrender to the temptation and would write “Wash Me!” on the windows. This somehow gives a lot folks a sense of cleverness.
Blah… how about being really clever next time? Dust painting anyone?
Here’s a very cool optical illusion. After a few seconds of staring at a color negative, you eyes will fool you into thinking you’re looking at a color photograph when it’s black & white. Very cool….
Phone carriers are making a bundle of 411 calls. Cell phone carriers charge as much as $1 per call. Did you know that 411 calls can be toll-free? Try 1-800-FREE-411 next time. I gave it a try and it works as advertised. Cool beans!
Web 2.0 = Sliced Bread? - Given the increasing super-hype about Web 2.0, there's lot of "noise" going on around the web. The way...
Our Voting System - As today is the next "super Tuesday", I have some comments on the whole voting process.
I think the American voting...
Happy Birthday, Katelyn - Today is a big day for our family. It's our Katelyn's birthday-- she turns 6....
Violin Playing Robot - This is one impressive robotic achievement if you ask me. The following link is a video showing Toyota showing off...
Miguel's Adventure! -
There once was a rabbit named Miguel. His curiousness always got him in trouble. One day he smelled an unbearable...
NXML-Mode - One of the things I love about Emacs is its extensibility. It has all sorts of different edit...
Noose - Funny... but it says it all, doesn't it? :)
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Panorama of The Valley - A few weeks ago, my dad & I took an early morning hike at Rancho San Antonio. After...
Happy Earth Day - I spent this past winter replacing all our light bulbs with energy efficient ones...
Europe 2010: Day 2 - Day 2: Victoria & Albert Museum, London Bike Tour
After a light breakfast, we started the morning with the visit to...
When I'm 54 - A conversation at breakfast yesterday morning:
Rex: "Allison, please finish your breakfast!"
Allison: "But I'm full."
R: "But you eat so...
Round Mound - I almost rolled on the floor laughing when reading this article in which an ESPN analyst...
Nova episodes now online - I don’t watch Nova religiously anymore, so it’s nice to find that some...
Emacs: Enabling Colors in Shell Mode - I customize my Bash shell with colorful prompts. But while, in a normal xterm, my prompt is displayed nicely, it...
Emacs: File Size Threshold - I use Emacs to open up WAR files often. Since these files are often large, Emacs usually pops up a...
Horsies - This past weekend I drove the girls to Palo Alto for them to check out some roaming horses on this...
Elmo TMX - Looks like the hottest toy heading into this xmas season is TMX Elmo. It's...
Travels To The Edge -
Wow...
While channel surfing last nite, I caught an episode of a new series on...
I'm Not A Baby Bunny - Yesterday morning, Allison & I were watching the openning scenes of the Wallace & Gromit...
Letterman - While David Letterman has mellowed out a bit in recent years, there are still glimpses of his former self once...
Campaign Posters - Ran across some funny campaign posters inspired by the original posters by Shepard Fairey... ...